Articles tagged with "quito"
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 1st, 2007
More or less four matches into the group stage, Ecuador's teams are looking sluggish. El Nacional has no wins in Group 1, while Emelec ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Dec 6th, 2006
As most of you know by now, Ecuador will host Sweden for two friendlies in the new year. The two teams will meet in ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jul 21st, 2006
Liga de Quito lost 0-2 to Inter of Sao Paulo (2-3 on aggregate) and are out of the Copa Libertadores. It's sort of old ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jul 3rd, 2006
Ecuador's national team will receive dual honors today in Quito. First, President Alfredo Palacio will decorate the players and coaching staff for their performance ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 28th, 2006
Ecuador welcomes home its heroes. Nearly 30,000 fans showed up in Quito to honor the coaches and players that delivered to Ecuador its best-ever ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 31st, 2006
Ecuador's altitudinal reputation is not surprisingly getting a workout this year. Given Ecuador's lopsided home record in World Cup qualifying--along with Quito's thin air--has ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 17th, 2006
Today is the first full day of training for Ecuador's World Cup squad. Coach Suarez's 23 men convened in Quito yesterday. The full ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 14th, 2006
The El Chota Valley, less than 200 km north of the capital city of Quito, is one of the poorer regions of Ecuador. The ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 30th, 2006
Well, maybe I'm not the person taking the Baby World Cup seriously. To refresh your memories, the final of the youth-team World Cup is ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 28th, 2006
Let's face it. I'm all jacked up about the Baby World Cup being held in Quito. This Sunday 'Ecuador' will face 'Trinidad & ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 13th, 2006
Sociedad Deportiva Aucas has a new head coach: Carlos Jara Seguier. The Paraguayan replaces the resigned Diego Aguirre. Aucas, which is based in ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 12th, 2006
River Plate visits Ecuadorian side El Nacional tonight in Copa Libertadores action. El Nacional's likely lineup is after the jump, with players I think ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 6th, 2006
LDU Quito beat Universitario 4-0 in Copa Libertadores action tonight in Quito. If Velez beats Rocha, Liga will sail through to the next round ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 21st, 2006
The head of the FEF (Ecuadorian football federation), Luis Chiriboga, right, has publicly endorsed the general director of the Ecuadorian selection--and former La Tri ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 20th, 2006
The 12-year-olds have spoken, and the knockout stages have been set in the second-annual Baby World Cup being held in Quito, Ecuador. Group qualifiers ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 12th, 2006
As happens every World Cup year, several confluences of art and football seem to pop up here and there. Whether it’s to assuage ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 6th, 2006
Whether or not Ecuador can defy the odds and beat Poland this summer in Group A of the World Cup won’t be known for months. ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 2nd, 2006
La Tri, freshly defeated by the Netherlands 1-0, will arrive in Quito tomorrow afternoon. The palyers are currently in Madrid, where they arrived late ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 2nd, 2006
There were several thousand Ecuadorians in Holland yesterday, cheering on their team. But to be fair, there were several Dutch supporters watching the match ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 28th, 2006
It's hard to think of any other sports during a World Cup year, but for those readers who live in Ecuador, note that FIFA is ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 22nd, 2006
The history of football in Ecuador is like that of other South American countries, only a lot less so. They are still minnows in ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 18th, 2006
During South American World Cup qualifying Ecuador was unbeatable. At home, that is, where they secured 23 of their 28 qualifying points. The ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 18th, 2006
German legend Franz Beckenbauer has been given the Keys to the City of Quito. Beckenbauer is touring Ecuador and other World Cup countries ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Steve | Feb 17th, 2006
Fans of the Ecuador team had a chance to get some World Cup tickets according to some reports. So far as I can tell ...
